Men's Soccer Defeats Sacred Heart, 2-0

Oct 19, 2008

HAMDEN, Conn.
 Graciano Brito (Sao Nicolau, Caper Verde) scored a goal and
recorded an assist and Freddy Hall (St. George, Bermuda) earned his
fourth shutout in the Quinnipiac University men's soccer victory
over Sacred Heart, 2-0, Sunday. The Bobcats record improves to
7-4-2 overall and 2-2 in Northeast Conference play. The loss drops
the Pioneers to 3-6-1 overall and 1-2 in the NEC.

Durval
Pereira's (Cheshire, Conn.) fourth goal of the season gave the
Bobcats a 1-0 in the 10th minute. Brito put a through
ball behind two Sacred Heart defenders to a streaking Pereira. The
freshman forward picked up the ball and slipped it under Sacred
Heart's Matt Jones from the top of the 18-yard box. The assist was
Brito's first of the season.

Quinnipiac's
Freddy Hall (St. George, Bermuda) kept the Pioneers off the board
during a two-minute span in the first half in which Sacred Heart
had six corner kicks. Hall punched the ball away from danger on
three of those corners, rising above the crowd in front of the net
to get a hand on the pass attempt.

Hall made
another save on a free kick eight minutes into the second by the
Pioneers' Matthew Mones. Mones put the ball high into the box from
35 yards out. Hall again elevated and swatted it away with his left
hand.

Brito scored
his 12th goal of the season in the 87th
minute to give the Bobcats a two-goal advantage. Johan Karlhagen
(Gothenburg, Sweden) fed Brito on the left side of the field where
the senior midfielder picked up the ball before deking a Pioneer
defender just inside the box. Jones moved out to play the ball, but
Brito slid it under the diving Sacred Heart goalkeeper for the
goal.

Hall earned
his fourth shutout of the season stopping three Pioneer shots.
Sacred Heart's Jones stopped three shots in the loss.

Quinnipiac
returns to action on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. as they take on NEC
foe Central Connecticut State University at the Quinnipiac Soccer
Field.